This blog was commisioned from Yoni Freedhoff to coincide with the final week of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food &ndash…
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Big Food Is obesity simply about a lack of “balance”? Why Big Food wants you to be fitRead more
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General New Approaches to Maternal Mortality in AfricaRead more
Earlier this week the Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities (CRASSH) at the University of Cambridge, UK hosted…
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Big Food 3rd and Final Installment of PLoS Medicine series on Big FoodRead more
Today we publish the remaining and final 3 articles commissioned for the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food – we think these…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Pediatrics in rural Kenya; Coronary heart disease; Perinatal care in MumbaiRead more
Three new research articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, along with the close of our series on Big Food. A hospital-based…
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General Quorum Sensing Subversion and the Promise of Anti-Virulence TherapeuticsRead more
A wide variety of bacteria utilize a molecular communication pathway called “quorum sensing” to sense their fellow bacteria and coordinate group actions…
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General Shining more light on tobacco company tacticsRead more
Two papers in PLoS Medicine this week highlight again the tactics used by the tobacco industry when attempts are made to regulate…
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General This Week in PLoS Medicine: Tobacco policy; HIV & bacterial vaginosis; Big FoodRead more
Five new articles published this week in PLoS Medicine, including two research articles on tobacco policy, and the continuation of our Big…
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General Less research is neededRead more
Guest blogger Trish Greenhalgh suggests its time for less research and more thinking. The most over-used and under-analyzed statement in the academic…
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Big Food Q&A with David Stuckler – guest editor of PLoS Medicine series on Big FoodRead more
Following the launch of the PLoS Medicine series on Big Food and the publication of the first three articles in the series…
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Big Food Big Food Tweet Chat – Read the stream using #plosmedbigfood – Storify transcript coming soonRead more
Today we hosted a lively and informative Tweet Chat using #plosmedbigfood with guest editors Marion Nestle (@marionnestle) and David Stuckler (@davidstuckler) along…
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General Underground Water in Africa: Hopes and CautionsRead more
A few days ago, the New York Times ran an op-ed piece about recently identified large reserves of groundwater in Africa (Africa’s…